BILLINGS — The best of the best of Class A in the Montana high school track and field scene will descend upon the Laurel Sports Complex very soon.
Festivities for the 2024 Class A state track and field meet begin early with the boys pole vault at 4 p.m. Thursday before everything else gets going starting at 9 a.m. Friday, with the final event of the meet scheduled to get going at 3:55 p.m. Saturday. A full schedule of the events for the weekend can be found on the MHSA website.
It’s the final weekend of the Montana high school sports calendar for 2023-24, and numerous teams and talented athletes will be looking to end their spring sports seasons on a high note.
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Corvallis’ boys and girls track teams celebrate with their first-place state trophies following the Class A state track and field meet May 27, 2024 in Laurel. The Blue Devils won each of their championships by a single point.
Defending team champions: Corvallis (boys and girls)
Returning individual champions: Brooke Zetooney, Whitefish (girls 100, 200); Olivia Lewis, Corvallis (girls 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 400); Maeve Ingelfinger, Whitefish (girls 800); Karis Brightwings-Pease, Hardin (girls 1,600, 3,200); Sadie Smith, Frenchtown (girls shot put); Alanna Auch, Corvallis (girls discus); Ella Moodry, Butte Central (girls javelin); Kohbe Smith, Glendive (boys 400); Caleb Tomac, Havre (boys 800); Grey Piseno, Billings Central (boys 1,600, 3,200); Andrew Burrows, Hamilton (boys shot put), Lane Voermans, Columbia Falls (boys discus); Tyson Bauder, Hamilton (boys javelin).
Overview: In one of the most chaotic endings to a track meet that you’ll ever see, both of Corvallis’ track teams at last season’s Class A state meet — on the same Laurel track the Blue Devils will be on this weekend — performed in the clutch to pull off an epic double, capturing both team titles by just a single point each way.
Last year, thunderstorms hit Laurel right before the start of the meet’s final event, the 4×400-meter relay, resulting in a three-hour weather delay; successfully shaking off any and all nerves from the extended wait, Corvallis’ boys and girls teams in the event did just enough to fend off rivals in captivating ways.
A year later, can the Blue Devils do it again? It’s certainly possible, but other contenders should be in hot pursuit once again.
Corvallis’ boys comfortably won the Western A divisional meet last weekend by a 35-point margin over runner-up Whitefish, whereas the girls finished third just eight points back of champion Hamilton and four off second-place Whitefish.
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